There are metal ones and some cloth looking ones.
Which are the best?
Dec 6th, '08, 13:46
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For puerh I use one of the cheap, tin filters that Scott at YSLLC generally includes along with the purchase of a pot. I have bought a couple other strainers that are fancier or prettier, but they usually don't work as well, either too big/clumsy or clog too easily.
Here's a photo with one of those strainers in the upper left corner. You can click on the picture to enlarge it.
Here's a photo with one of those strainers in the upper left corner. You can click on the picture to enlarge it.
Dec 6th, '08, 14:39
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Yes, they looked so much like fishies that it made the choice of teaware obscenely easy.geeber1 wrote: Sal, I love how the leaves at the bottom right are the same shape as the fish on your cup. Cool!
This was the September 15 TeaDay photo of Ya Bao, a very unusual tea from TeaSpring that Dizzwave included in the puerh box pass. In that post I claimed, "the dry leaves look like little scaly fish, dried shrimp, trout flies, grasshopper exoskeletons, or even tiny rabbits' feet."
I did a tiny mini-review of the tea HERE.
Unless the little bits really bother you, I vote for no filter.
I only use one if I'm brewing something with lots of little bits. When I do, I use one of the metal ones just because it's the only kind I have, but I think the gourd ones with a little piece of cloth as the filter are less likely to either cool down the tea or affect the flavor.
I only use one if I'm brewing something with lots of little bits. When I do, I use one of the metal ones just because it's the only kind I have, but I think the gourd ones with a little piece of cloth as the filter are less likely to either cool down the tea or affect the flavor.